The basics and science of tendon transfers

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-399

  Bluman, Eric M ^a   Dowd, Thomas ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Fixation; Interface; Tendon suspension; Tension; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDON; TENDON TRANSFER; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FOOT DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80053003603     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2011.06.002     Document Type: Review

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